Prophet who predicted famine and Paul's arrest
Agabus
Named in 2 verses of Acts, first in Acts 11:28.
ἌγαβοςAgabus
The name means “a locust; the father's joy or feast.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Agabus Written by AI
Agabus was a prophet from Jerusalem mentioned twice in the book of Acts. In the first instance, he came to Antioch and predicted through the Spirit that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world, which happened during the reign of Claudius. The disciples then decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. (Acts 11:28) Later, when Paul was visiting Philip the evangelist in Caesarea, Agabus came down from Judea. He took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says, 'In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'" This prophetic act foretold Paul's arrest in Jerusalem. (Acts 21:10).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
A “prophet,” probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He prophesied at Antioch of an approaching famine (Acts 11:27, 28). Many years afterwards he met Paul at Caesarea, and warned him of the bonds and affliction that awaited him at Jerusalem should he persist in going thither (Acts 21:10-12).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- Acts 11:28
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Acts 21:10
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.